Education
2008 - 2011: Ph.D., Sociology of culture and
communication, University of Padua, Italy
2006 - 2007: M. A., Philanthropy and Social
Entrepreneurships, University of Bologna, Italy joint program
with the Centre of Philanthropy of the Indiana University (USA)
1999 - 2005: Laurea (5 years), Communication Studies,
University of Bologna, Italy
Education and Research Abroad:
March, 2013 – Present: Visiting scholar,Center
for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto (CA)
July - September 2007: Visiting researcher, School of
Development Studies, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban
(ZA)
August, 2003 – May, 2004: Visiting student, University of
California, Berkeley (USA):
September 2001 – June 2002: Visiting student, King's College,
Aberdeen (UK)
Academic Employment & Lectures
January 2012 – Present:
Research Fellow in Sociology of Culture
and Communication, Department of Political ad Social Science,
University of Bologna – Italy
Sept. 2013 – Dec. 2013: Course Director - “Feminist
perspectives on media”, Department of Communication, York
University – Toronto, Canada.
2012: Advocacy and communication of social problems: Roma and
Public Health Lab, M.A. in Social and Public Communication,
University of Bologna – Italy - Seminars and workshop (6 ECTS
credits)
2012: Ethnography and cultural institutions Lab, M.A. in
Social and Public Communication, University of Bologna – Italy
- Seminars and workshop (6 ECTS credits)
2008/2012: Academic Tutor, M.A. in Social and Public
Communication, University of Bologna – Italy
2011: Social Marketing: Communication for NGOs Lab, M.A.
in Social and Public Communication, University of Bologna – Italy -
Seminars and workshop (6 ECTScredits)
2011: Event Planning Lab, M.A. in Social and Public
Communication, University of Bologna – Italy - Seminars and
workshop (6 ECTS credits)
2009/2010: Violence Against Women Lab, M.A. in Social and Public
Communication, University of Bologna – Italy - Seminars and
workshop (6 ECTS credits)
March, 2009: Lecture "Representing aid: how humanitarian
intervention is communicated and represented to the wider
public", M. A. in Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship,
Bologna – Italy
2007: Communication and Social Inclusion Lab, M.A. in
Social and Public Communication, University of Bologna – Italy -
Seminars and workshop (6 ECTS credits)
Professional Contributions
June 2012: Research Consultant, Media and Migration,
COSPE Onlus (Cooperazione per lo Sviluppo dei paesi Emergenti,
Italia) in collaboration with the Emilia-Romagna Region – Social
Policy Department)
2011: Event organizer, Urban Regeneration and Participatory
Citizenship Conference - Joint project between the Urban Center
of the Municipality of Bologna and the University of Bologna,
Italy
2011: Event manager, Workshop series on Sustainable Housing
and Co-housing: approaches for the future - Joint
project between the Faculty of Lettere e Filosofia of the
University of Bologna, Italy, and the M.A., Ingénierie de projets
en économie sociale et solidaire, Université de Haute Alsace,
France
2009/2010: Communication consultant, Together Against Gender
Based Violence, Project financed by the Italian Department for
Equal Opportunities and Diversity Management. Leader institution:
Municipality of Bologna, Italy
2007/2008: Junior Communication Manager, First election of
Migrant Citizens of the Provincia di Bologna. Project for
enhancing immigrants political participation of the Provincia di
Bologna, Italy
